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Whether this is truly the "best" of Witherspoon is debatable -- there's nothing predating 1956 -- however, it's a good 20-track sampling of 1956-1966 material, favoring (but not limited to) his sessions for Prestige. Witherspoon puts his imprint on a lot of blues/R&B classics -- "Good Rockin' Tonight," "Bad Bad Whiskey," "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer," "C.C. Rider," "Money's Gettin' Cheaper, "T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness" -- and while not everyone will find these to be his definitive versions, they are all good ones. The roster of jazz luminaries heard at one point or another over the course of the disc is staggering, including Coleman Hawkins, Woody Herman, Gerry Mulligan, T-Bone Walker, Kenny Burrell, and Pepper Adams. Never do they overshadow the singer, and on the whole this is one of the better jazz/blues vocal collections available, displaying his skill in both small combos and big bands.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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David Axelrod, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bock, Producer, Recording Producer - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Sam Hopkins, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Brown, ComposerLyricist - Art Becker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Donald Cooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Pickens, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Spider Kilpatrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 Capitol Records, LLC
Joe Turner, ComposerLyricist - David Axelrod, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bock, Producer, Recording Producer - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Sam Hopkins, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Peter Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Art Becker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Donald Cooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Pickens, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Bizor, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Spider Kilpatrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 Capitol Records, LLC
David Axelrod, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bock, Producer, Recording Producer - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Sam Hopkins, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Broonzy, ComposerLyricist - Art Becker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Donald Cooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Pickens, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Bizor, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Spider Kilpatrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 Capitol Records, LLC
David Axelrod, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist - Richard Bock, Producer, Recording Producer - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Sam Hopkins, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Art Becker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Donald Cooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Pickens, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Spider Kilpatrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 EMI Records USA
Gildo Mahones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ozzie Cadena, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - George Tucker, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Wright, Alto Saxophone, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Davis, ComposerLyricist - Jimmie Smith, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 Fantasy, Inc.
Gildo Mahones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ozzie Cadena, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - George Tucker, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Toombs, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Wright, Alto Saxophone, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmie Smith, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 Fantasy, Inc.
David Axelrod, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Sam Hopkins, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jody Reynolds, ComposerLyricist - Dolores Nance, ComposerLyricist - Donald Cooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Pickens, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Bizor, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Spider Kilpatrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 Fantasy, Inc.
Jimmy Bond, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - ERNIE FREEMAN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - David Axelrod, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Miller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Bryant, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Allen, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Wright, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Herman Mitchell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 Fantasy, Inc.
Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Sam Hopkins, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Cooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Pickens, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Spider Kilpatrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Fantasy, Inc.
Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Sam Hopkins, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Saunders King, ComposerLyricist - Donald Cooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Pickens, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Spider Kilpatrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Fantasy, Inc.
Richard Davis, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Pepper Adams, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Watrous, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Hopkins, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Paul, Producer, Recording Producer - Roger Kellaway, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Richard M. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Donald Cooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Pickens, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Spider Kilpatrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 Fantasy, Inc.
Richard Davis, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Pepper Adams, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Watrous, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Hopkins, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Paul, Producer, Recording Producer - Roger Kellaway, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Cooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Pickens, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Spider Kilpatrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 Fantasy, Inc.
Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Willie Mabon, ComposerLyricist - Sam Hopkins, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - JOE THOMAS, ComposerLyricist - Donald Cooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Pickens, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Spider Kilpatrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Lillian Green, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Sam Hopkins, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Cooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Pickens, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Spider Kilpatrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Gilmore, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Sam Hopkins, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Cooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Pickens, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Spider Kilpatrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
David Axelrod, Producer, Recording Producer - T-Bone Walker, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Clifford Scott, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Clarence Jones, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Robertson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bert Kendrix, Organ, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Fantasy, Inc.
T-Bone Walker, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clifford Scott, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Clarence Jones, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Larraine Walton, ComposerLyricist - Wayne Robertson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bert Kendrix, Organ, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Ben Webster, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Leroy Vinnegar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gerry Mulligan, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY ROWLES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Sam Hopkins, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Cooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Pickens, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Spider Kilpatrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Fantasy, Inc.
Ben Webster, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Leroy Vinnegar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gerry Mulligan, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY ROWLES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Sam Hopkins, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Leroy Carr, ComposerLyricist - Donald Cooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Pickens, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Spider Kilpatrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Fantasy, Inc.
Ben Webster, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Hines, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Coleman Hawkins, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Sam Hopkins, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Porter Grainger, ComposerLyricist - Woody Herman, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Everett Robbins, ComposerLyricist - Donald Cooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Pickens, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Spider Kilpatrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Vernon Alley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Fantasy, Inc.
Album review
Whether this is truly the "best" of Witherspoon is debatable -- there's nothing predating 1956 -- however, it's a good 20-track sampling of 1956-1966 material, favoring (but not limited to) his sessions for Prestige. Witherspoon puts his imprint on a lot of blues/R&B classics -- "Good Rockin' Tonight," "Bad Bad Whiskey," "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer," "C.C. Rider," "Money's Gettin' Cheaper, "T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness" -- and while not everyone will find these to be his definitive versions, they are all good ones. The roster of jazz luminaries heard at one point or another over the course of the disc is staggering, including Coleman Hawkins, Woody Herman, Gerry Mulligan, T-Bone Walker, Kenny Burrell, and Pepper Adams. Never do they overshadow the singer, and on the whole this is one of the better jazz/blues vocal collections available, displaying his skill in both small combos and big bands.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:13
- Main artists: Jimmy Witherspoon
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Prestige
- Genre: Blues
© 1998 Prestige Records This Compilation ℗ 1998 Prestige Records
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